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I'd sign it for you but I don't think they'd pay any attention to an Irish address. That is awful though. This crap of attributing psychiatric causes to physical complaints isn't limited to ME if it makes you feel any better. I had one idiot doctor tell me that my horrendous period pains were becaus...

I think there are a few things going on in Ireland. One is simply the recognition of how powerless such a small country is in the context of the global economy - it makes people pretty passive and that's understandable. One is that Irish people hugely buy into the myth of progress - having seen the ...

It's hard to say exactly what my job is because the country is so small. I'm a professional and I work for Revenue. My thinking is that as long as states are functioning at all they will prioritize collecting tribute!

Thanks for the replies everyone! A canal barge is probably out. I don't know if there even are any in Dublin but anyway I don't think I'd be able to manage any kind of boat on my own. I don't know anything about them, I'm a bit scared of water and I'm a total weakling. There are definitely houses wi...

I've spent years attempting to prepare for peak oil but "events" intervened.... So here's where I am now and the decision I'm trying to make: I'm currently living in Dublin, in a small shared apartment within cycling/walking distance of my job. My job is, I think, about as secure as it get...

'my understanding is that you can legally claim title to land if you have exclusively maintained it unchallenged for 12 years.' I'm a solicitor in Ireland, but our land law isn't too different from yours I think. Unless you have some tidy statutory law that we don't, then the law around adverse poss...

I think you're getting a bit ahead of yourself wondering about how to solve the problem. People have ideas all the time about land ownership and rights and all of that in the countryside and to be honest you'd be amazed how wrong they can get it, even when it's their own land! Most of the time it do...

Thanks for all the replies! I think we'll go for a 5-year fixed at 4.9%. Thought about a 10 year, but they're at 5.6% and am having a slightly irrational mental block about it. Adam1, I thought about a straw build but my boyfriend won't consider alternative building methods at all. Also, I did hear ...

Hi all, Am new to the forum and to peak oil in general and a little bit stressed! Am based in Ireland and my boyfriend and I are buying a site to build on. We're planning to build as low energy a house as we can afford. What I'm really scared about is the mortgage. Have read in some places that if o...